Talk at MoT Sfax meetup.

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Good
Exploratory Testing Tactics
forTaking Over Testing
by Maaret Pyhäjärvi

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Adapted from Kaner et al. 2002. Lessons Learned in Software Testing
When Context
Driven Testing
Was New…

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Strategy
Logistics
Tactics
Ideas guiding our design
Getting things in place where
testing can happen
The ways we test

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Taking over testing…
…RCR (web)
…Armor (web)
…RX (win)
…Sig (embedded)
… … …

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Bug report audience and format
So Many Variables!
Oracles
External imagination
Area = Depth x Width
Conversations
Reading
Learning x Contributing
Triangulation to truth

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Tactic: Bug that Matters
But no bug report!

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Tactic: Impress with Notes

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Tactic: Mindmap to Model

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Tactic: Document with Automation
Some interfaces are easy interfaces. Now, your memory
is least reliable.

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Tactic: Follow the Why
Scenarios. Use cases. Imagine this was useful.

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Tactic: Follow the Code
Change. It is intentional. Be intentional on it.

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Tactic: Two Version Change Test

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Tactic: Count the Spec
Or the help. Or the doc, the ticket.
Know quantity before spending time reading.

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Tactic: Multidimensional Coverage

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Tactic: [Feature] charters

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Tactic: Classification of Charters
[Feature] [Component] [Release] [Explore] [ToDo] [Scenario]

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Tactic: Offload Strategy
What is the product?What are the key potential risks?
How would we test the product so as to evaluate the
actual risks associated with it?

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Tactic: Ask for it

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Contemporary
Exploratory Testing
MANUAL AUTOMATED
LEARNING,
AGENCY
IMPACTFUL RESULTS

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You can't automate well
without exploring. You can't
explore well without
automating.

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Testing
Contemporary
Exploratory
testing
The
Traditional
Way
The
Contemporary
Way
Write and
execute test
cases
Exploratory
testing
Test Automation

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Everyone
can test

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Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

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2020 2016
MIATPP
Most Influential Agile Testing
Professional Person
#PayToSpeak #TechVoices
#EnsembleTesting #EnsembleProgramming #StrongStylePairing
#ExploratoryTesting #TestAutomation
#ModernAgile
#AwesomeTesters
Maaret Pyhäjärvi (from Finland)
Email: maaret@iki.fi
Twitter: @maaretp
Web: maaretp.com
Blog: visible-quality.blogspot.fi
(please connect with me through
Twitter or LinkedIn)
2019, 2020, 2021
https://exploratorytestingacademy.com
Ohjelmistotestaus ry
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